Westward Expansion Review

the Age of Jackson

Westward Expansion

the Second Great Awakening

Sectionalism

Low prices for land

New trade routes

California Gold Rush

Expand the nation's borders

Opportunity to start a new life

Refuge from Religious persecution

Romantic notions of the west

Cheap farm land

It gave the United States a policy to follow for admitting new states as it grew.

It established laws prohibiting European countries from colonizing North America.

It set up transportation systems designed to connect western states to the northeast.

It helped create treaties with Natives to relocate them west of the Mississippi River.

Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Mexican Cession

Texas Annexation

Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Mexican Cession

Texas Annexation

Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Mexican Cession

Texas Annexation